Bake duties, import taxes, transaction fees, and currency-conversion costs into product prices upfront, so international buyers see a price that stays the same to the very end. Surprise charges at checkout or on delivery disappear.
Duties and import taxes appear as a separate line item at checkout. The price on the product page and the final amount paid don't match, leaving buyers surprised by unexpected extra charges.
Duties and import taxes are built into the product price, with no separate line item. The displayed duty amount isguaranteedat checkout, so even if the customs bill differs, it doesn't come back on the merchant.
| Item | Before (duties shown as a separate line) | Managed Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| How duties and import taxes appear | Itemized separately A duty line is added at checkout | Included in the price Built into the product price itself |
| Price consistency | Product page and final amount paid can differ | Consistent Same price from start to finish of the purchase |
| Discrepancy vs. customs charges | Differences can occur | Guaranteed Shopify Managed Markets covers the difference |
| Extra charges at delivery | Possible(a cause of refused deliveries) | None No more surprise fees |
| Merchant payout | Some variability from FX and duty handling | Consistent with domestic orders Processed through Shopify Payments |
On the product detail page, use the "View as" demo to see the localized price breakdown for each market from the buyer's perspective.
After an order comes in, you can check the breakdown of how the international price was calculated in that order's payment section.
The duties and import taxes shown at checkout are guaranteed — even if actual customs charges differ, Managed Markets covers the difference. This eliminates the need to design for "difference settlement," the scariest part of DDP operations.
Duty will no longer exist as a separate line at checkout. Themes and Checkout UI Extensions that customize price display, cart, or order summary areas need display verification to make sure they don't assume the presence of a duty line.
Import taxes, duties, currency conversion fees, and MM fees are borne by the buyer via the adapted price, and payouts are processed through Shopify Payments. This removes cross-border-specific variables from revenue reconciliation and gross margin calculations in accounting.
The announcement only covers the buyer experience and how to view the breakdown in the admin. It doesn't describe how duty or the adapted price is represented in the Order API. Stores with ERP / OMS integrations should verify the shape of order data in a sandbox.
This feature is for merchants using Shopify Managed Markets (Shopify's cross-border selling service where Shopify acts as Merchant of Record), and applies to "supported international markets".The list of supported markets is not provided in the announcement, so confirm in the help docs or admin that your key target countries are covered before including this in a proposal. There is also no mention of how standalone Markets (non-Managed) behaves.